Post and tell us how you got on, don't forget to include cost of elastics, bungs and connectors in your budget, depending on how much you pay for your pole, some shops will throw these in for free,and some will elasticate the pole for you. A good pole for 299 quid is the Daiwa Power Carp, it may have carp in its name but can be used for silvers as well, you get a total of 4 topkits , tubes and holdall, the topkits are reinforced for drilling for side pullers, the pole is 13 metres.